2016 Florida Tarpons season

2016 Florida Tarpons season
Head coach Michael Taylor
General manager Michael Taylor
Owner Michael Taylor
Anne Taylor
Home field Germain Arena
11000 Everblades Parkway
Estero, FL 33928
Results
Record 4-1

The 2016 Florida Tarpons season is the fifth season for the American indoor football franchise, and their first in American Indoor Football.

On October 7, 2015, the Tarpons announced that they were joining American Indoor Football.[1]

Schedule

Key:       Win       Tie       Loss       Bye

Regular season

All start times are local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 BYE
3 Saturday March 12 7:05pm at Central Florida Jaguars W 84–34[2] 1–0 Lakeland Center
4 BYE
5 BYE
6 Sunday April 3 7:05pm at Atlanta Vultures Cancelled Georgia International Convention Center
7 Sunday April 10 7:05pm Central Florida Jaguars W 65-22 2-0 Germain Arena
8 Sunday April 17 7:05pm Georgia Firebirds W 52-31[3] 3-0 Germain Arena
9 Saturday April 23 7:05pm at Columbus Lions L 54-68[4] 3-1 Columbus Civic Center
10 Saturday April 30 7:05pm at Central Florida Jaguars W 81-25[5] 4-1 Lakeland Center
11 BYE
12 Sunday May 15 7:05pm Central Florida Jaguars Germain Arena
13 Sunday May 22 7:05pm Savannah Steam Germain Arena
14 BYE

Standings

2016 AIF South Standings
Team W L T PCT PF PA PF (Avg.) PA (Avg.) STK
Columbus Lions 6 0 0 1.000 447 131 74.5 21.8 W6
Corpus Christi Fury 2 0 0 1.000 125 59 62.5 29.5 W2
Florida Tarpons 4 1 0 .800 336 180 67.2 36 W1
New Mexico Stars 2 1 0 .667 134 75 44.6 25.0 W1
Georgia Firebirds 3 4 0 .429 236 348 33.7 49.7 L1
Myrtle Beach Freedom 2 3 0 .400 152 237 30.4 47.4 L3
Savannah Steam 2 3 0 .400 165 166 33.0 33.2 L1
Central Florida Jaguars 1 5 0 .167 201 402 33.5 67.0 L1
Atlanta Vultures (folded) 1 2 0 .333 67 135 22.3 45.0 L2
Steel City Menace (folded) 0 2 0 .000 16 81 8.0 40.5 L2

Roster

Florida Tarpons roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 27 Mikhail Binns
  • 22 Alex Sanchez
  • 20 Rob Taylor

Wide Receivers

  • 14 Tim Lukas
  • 16 Matt Emans
  •  9 Robert Jones
  • 13 Ervin Kent
  •  1 Tristan Purifoy
  • 10 Josh Young
Offensive Linemen
  • 72 Mike Dunn
  • 52 Raymond James
  • 99 Jason Peacock
  •  8 Greg Walls
  • 55 Thed Watson

Defensive Linemen

  • 90 Bar'ee Boyd
  • 54 Martaze Jackson
  • 58 Cadarreus Mason
  • 94 Wes Tunuufi-Sauvao
Linebackers
  • 15 James Lovett, Jr.
  •  6 Ray Michel

Defensive Backs

  •  3 Levy Brown
  • 24 Randall Burden
  •  5 Duran Lowe
  •  4 Billy McGahee
  • 23 Myron Mounds

Kickers

  • 12 Rey Hernandez
Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Transfer List

  •  2 Nick Addison DB

Refuse to Report

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated April 26, 2016
28 Active, 1 Inactive

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References

  1. ↑ "Florida Tarpons Join AIF". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ James Bennett Jr. (March 12, 2016). "Jags routed by Tarpons in inaugural game". www.theledger.com. The Lakeland Ledger. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Indoor Football: Tarpons rout Firebirds". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Indoor Football: Tarpons fall to Lions". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Indoor Football: Tarpons take down Jags". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. April 30, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
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